The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-10

4 PAPAL rescript has been issued order
ing that high mass and the Te Deum be
sung in all Catholic churches Of England
in honor Of the Queens jubilee.
NEGOTIATIONS are processing between
Germany and Austria regarding the Rus
sian ukase prohibiting aliens holding land
in Russia. 1t is probable that a. concerted
representation viii be made to the Russian
Government that the ukase interferes with
the proprietary rights Of German and Aus
trian subjects.
THE Canadian Government has made dill
gent inquiry by telegraph into the some
what alarming reports that were being sent
to the papers from Winnipeg and Ottawa
regarding the condition of affairs at Ba-
touche and other half breed settlements in
the Northwest. Reliable information on
the subject is to the effect that the halI-
breeds are in pOverty and inclined to
grumble, which appears to be the whole
story.
EARL SPENCER, speaking at Rugby, Eng,
the other evening, said he could not ap-
prove the plan of campaign, but that it
was somewhat excused by the course the
Government had adopted. The true way
to meet it, he said, was to find some remedy
against the eviction of tenants suffering
from unjust rents. Unless that was done
the Government would have serious work
in Ireland the coming winter.
A GREAT fire at Hamburg, Germany, on
the night of the 31st, destroyed docks, YES
sells and other property amounting to mil
lions of marks
THOMAS SPENCER BAYNE, the noted Brit
ish professor of logic and one of the edit
ors of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, died
recently.
THE yacht race over the Royal Thames
fifty-mile course was won by the Thistle,
which ran the course in six hours. The
Irex covered the distance in six hours and
twenty-three minutes. The Genesta made
the trip in six hours and twenty-five min
utes.
A TERRIBLE plague of locusts has visited
the central provinces of Spain. Insects
are so thick that gangs of men have been
sent to clear the railway lines. Crops are
fearfully ravaged.
THE German steamer Oder was wrecked
on Socotra Island, in the Indian ocean, on
May 80. The passengers and most Of the
crew were saved. The Oder arrived at
Shanghai April % from Bremen, and was
/ probably on her way back when wrecked.
/ THE breaking of the dilzes of the Thesis
/ river, Austria, recently, resulted in the
/ submerging of fifty miles of. the -Alfold
! PLAIN near Szegedin. 1t was estimated that
| the damage would reach 100000.
A PANIC in the cathedral at Chihuahua,
! Mexico, recently, caused by the falling of
a candle, resulted in the death and injury
/ of number of women and children.
| A MERv dispatch says that on May 20 the
! Afghans murdered fourteen Bolxharan Off
Gals at Kerki, on the Amudaria, becaus
| they refused, as alleged, to incite the in
! habitants to resist the Russian advance,
/ and that on the same. day, a Russian de-
tachment occupied Kerki without opposi-
tiOn.
THREE powder mills at Frederichs Vark
Denmark, exploded the other day. Fire
broke out Immediately and caused much
damage. There was no loss of life.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) during
the seven days ended June ? were: Fol
the United States, 125; for Canada, 25;
total, $50, against us the previous week
and 187 for the corresponding week of last
year.
A DISPATCH from Anam says: A mandar
! in and 10000 natives have submitted tC
! She French resident, pledging alliance by
kissing the earth according to the native
custom.
THE Emperor of Germany on the 80 laid
the foundation stone of the Holtenau loci
| of the North Sea canal. Minister NOI
/ Boetticher read the address and the Presi-
dent of the Reichstag presented the Emper
or with the trowel and hammer, whereup
on the Emperor tapped the stone with the
! hammer.
THE commercial agent at New Caledonia
South Pacific ocean, has reported to the
Department of State that cOnvicts in tina
colony are being liberated with the under
standing that they must not settle in am
! English or French colony, and consequently
the majority of them 60 to San Francisco.
THE AUgeDaeiHe Zeitttng, of Vienna, men
tions that project IS limited at to make thu
Pope King of Palestine under a guarante,
of protection on the throne by all th'
Catholic powers.
IN the eviction proceedings at BOdyke
Ireland, among other things done, a swarm
of bees was let loose to obstruct the bail
ifs. The eviction was accomplished after
a struggle of two hours and a half.
THE other day a mob of miners gathered
in front of a house at Jenienaphs, Belgium
in which the socialist council was sitting
Refusing to disperse, detachment o
troops charged the crowd three times
wounding many. A prominent anarchist
named Fannen, was arrested.